In the near future, America is crushed by a financial crisis, and our patient Chinese creditors may just be ready to foreclose on the whole mess. the tenderness of the Chekhovian tradition with the hormonal high jinks of a Judd Apatow movie.'-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Then civil war breaks out, a local warlord installs Misha as minister of multicultural affairs, and our hero finds himself fighting for his life, falling in love, and trying to figure out if a normal life is still possible in the twenty-first century. Salvation lies in tiny, oil-rich Absurdistan, where a crooked consular officer will sell Misha a Belgian passport.

Misha just wants to live in the South Bronx with his hot Latina girlfriend, but after his gangster father murders an Oklahoma businessman, all hopes of a U.S. Meet Misha Vainberg, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia and a 325-pound patriot of no country save New York City. a long, funny, heartbreaking lament for home, whatever that means, and wherever that might be.'- Los Angeles Times Book Review

Throughout the two bestselling novels in this eBook bundle, Absurdistan and Super Sad True Love Story, Shteyngart is at the height of his powers: 'wildly funny' ( San Francisco Chronicle), 'freakishly intelligent' ( Elle), 'ridiculously witty and painfully prescient' ( Time).ĭon't miss Gary Shteyngart's highly anticipated memoir, Little Failure, an American immigrant story of a lifelong misfit who finally finds his place in the world, told with the author's sharp powers of observation, self-deprecating humor, surprising revelations, and moving insights into the human heart. Heralded as 'one of his generation's most original and exhilarating writers' by The New York Times, Gary Shteyngart has fused his literary chops and biting humor into one-of-a-kind fiction that provokes, inspires, and entertains-sometimes all at once.

Absurdistan by gary shteyngart